HC Deb 20 May 1999 vol 331 c433W
36. Sir Sydney Chapman

To ask the Attorney-General what is the current case load of(a) the Serious Fraud Office and (b) the equivalent sections of the Crown Prosecution Service. [83884]

The Attorney-General

The Serious Fraud Office currently has a caseload of 66 serious or complex fraud cases. In the year 1998–99, of 38 defendants whose cases were brought to trial, 31 were convicted and seven acquitted. The Crown Prosecution Service does not have a directly equivalent section. The majority of the more serious fraud cases handled by the CPS are handled by the Casework Directorate at CPS headquarters. The Casework Directorate currently has a caseload of 212 such cases.